Last Chance to Tune Up for the Race of Champions this
Sat. Night at Oswego
This Saturday night at the Oswego Speedway the Race of Champions Dart
Asphalt Modified Tour will be running in the Roc Modified 100. This race
will be the final tune – up for the 59th Sunoco Race of Champions that takes
place at the same facility one week later.
The race also marks the final regular season point race for the RoC Dart
Modifieds. Going into Saturday defending RoC champion Matt Hirschman leads
the points by just 11 points over Rusty Smith. Mike Leaty is third in points
just 14 behind Hirschman, Eric Beers is fourth with 185 and Earl Paules is
fifth with 170. The second five finds Jan Leaty in sixth, Daren Scherer in
seventh, T J Potrzebowski in eighth, Billy Putney in ninth and Jim Storace
in tenth.
The first RoC Modified race this year at Oswego was a real barnburner
with Billy Putney holding everyone at bay until the right front hub broke
with two laps to go. That gave the lead to Ted Christopher who held off Matt
Hirschman by inches at the line for his first career Oswego feature win.
Also the race winner on this night will receive one of the final two spots
into the RoC All Star race that takes place on Saturday night of Sunoco RoC
Weekend.
Originally this race was slated to be only a 75 lap race but within the
last week the event has been extended to 100 laps. The additional 25 laps
will help all Modified racing teams in getting set up for the big 200 lapper
that takes place the following Sunday afternoon.
Pit gates open at ten in the morning on Saturday with hot laps and
grandstand gates opening at one in the afternoon and the first heat gets the
green at four in the afternoon. For more information on the show please
contact RoC at 607 – 775 – 5555 or Oswego Speedway at 315 – 342 – 0646.
Information can also be found on the World Wide Web at;
www.raceofchampions.net or
www.oswegospeedway.com.